Huron Expositor, 2009-05-27, Page 7News
The Huron Expositor • May 27, 2009 Poge 7
McKillop wind protestors pack Huron East council chambers
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fighting similar battles against in-
dustrial wind farms.
Dixon told council she's concerned
about the wellbeing of her two young
children when two wind turbines
are located within 450 metres of her
home.
"We five -point harness
our children in case of
a car accident, we im-
munize our children in
case they come in con-
tact with disease, we
use sun screen to pro-
tect them from the sun.
I'm only trying to pro-
tect my children from
any negative affects
from these turbines and
I don't believe enough
is known about them,"
she said.
Tetu said that while
there's a tendency to
dismiss the health con-
cerns surrounding wind
turbines, the symptoms of sleep dis-
per cent? There is no cause and .ef-
fect study. And, what are we? The
human guinea pigs," she said.
Tracy Lamont, who lives near -the
proposed projects in Maple Line,
said she's very concerned about the
effect of the wind turbines on her
nine-year-old son Jason, who is le -
all blind
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`We've heard
some startling
information
tonight but
we've heard
one side,'—
Huron East
Deputy -Mayor
Bernie MacLellan
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She broke down in
tears explaining how
she drove Jason out to
the wind turbines in
Ripley, where one mile
from the nearest tur-
bine he began grabbing
his left ear and asking
her to make the noise
stop or to get him away
from the sound.
"He said it sounded to
him like we were going
to ;be hit by a plane,"
she said, adding that
Jason has developed
very acute hearing
to compensate for his
blindness.
turbance nausea headaches anxi- "We're going to have to move if the
ety and racing heartbeat are known turbines go up," she said.
globally.
Ryan told councillors that they
Melody said the Bruce -Grey Health would be welcomed if they decided
Unit's manager told her that they to drive to Ripley and visit with the
passed a resolution requesting re-
people suffering from their proxim-
search into the affects of infrasound ity to the wind turbines.
(or low frequency noise) to confirm or Murray said that while "everybody
thinks there's a lot of crazy people up
deny public concerns. there" in Ripley, one councillor who
St. Columban residents also talked lives 750 metres from a wind turbine
about setbacks, saying that Huron had to move from her home because
East's 350 metre requirement arid
CASA's intention to provide 450 me- of health issues.
"You could ask her personally what
tre setbacks are not adequate. she thinks of wind turbines," he sug-
Melady said the World Health sug-
gested.
Organization recommends a 1.5 ki- g McKillo councillors Andrew Flow-
lometre setback to prevent health p
concerns while Scotland requires a ers and Bill Siemon said they both
setback of two
kilometres from
cities, towns and
villages.
Tetu said health
problems are be-
ing experienced
in Ripley by resi-
dents 600 metres
away from tur-
bines.
Carole -Mi-
chelle Cronin,
who lives near
the proposed
wind projects
with four chil-
dren under age 8,
said they "scare
the living day-
lights" out of her.
"There is not
any scientific
data. The com-
pany says it is
safe but what
have they done
to prove it 100
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received calls from CASA asking for
'meetings. Flowers said he responded
that he's willing to meet but never
received a date to meet in response.
Siemon said he asked CASA to come
to council since he was only one of
Huron East's councillors.
Ryan told council that CASA's en-
vironmental assessment is currently
being rewritten to be submitted a
second time and council still has
time to submit its concerns to the
Ministry of the Environment.
"But, this thing is basically, in its
final stages," he said.
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler said
the lack of information provided to
the public "doesn't sit well with me."
Brussels Coun. David Blaney said
the wind industry's ability . to com-
municate with surrounding com commu-
nities is "terrible."
"What you have been caught in is
endemic in the wind industry. They
don't develop information with the
community. You're not in an unusual
situation but that's no comfort," he
said.
When asked if council can pass a
moratorium, Deputy -Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said' council doesn't yet
know how the new Green Energy
Act, Bill 150 will affect them.
"We've heard some startling infor-
•
mation tonight but we've heard one
side," he added.
"And, from what I know about the
Green Energy Act, we've got. 45 days
before it's out of our hands," he said.
"Unfortunately, you found out too
late and we did too."
MacLellan suggested that possibly
council could stall the projects with
the building permit process.
Huron County planner Carol Leem-
ing said council could have some con-
trol over the process with a site plan.
control agreement but added that
the Green Energy Act could take that -
power away from municipalities.
Clerk -Administrator Jack
McLachlan said he hasn't yet re-
ceived a report back from the mu-
nicipality's planners and lawyers,
whom he consulted earlier that day.
"We need to find out if we can put a
moratorium on it. There's no definite
answer tonight. It's' moving ahead
and rapidly and we want to make
sure," he said, adding that there is
another wind project proposed near
Brucefield in Thckersmith.
Seili told the residents that coun-
cil can send their petition to Huron -
Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell along
with council's concerns.
"We're going to try and do our best,"
he said.
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